What Makes Us Happy?

I read an article about that study a while ago. Maybe it was this specific article, as it dates back to June 2009. I found it extremely interesting in that what our western culture considers "success" doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. It has vindicated me in finding balance in my life and not investing too much of it just in my job.

I don't know what makes us happy, but I'm happy to have a job that I get paid to do when I would probably do it for free and for fun. (Developer)

Great article thanks for posting!

In an interview in the March 2008 newsletter to the Grant Study subjects, Vaillant was asked,

“What have you learned from the Grant Study men?”

Vaillant’s response:

“That the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”

I think this study is skewed simply by the fact that these people knew they were being observed and that what happened in their lives mattered to enough to be studied. How much does that weigh into one's happiness?

Anything that confirms our self-centered views and illusions. (sorry, cannot resist =)